Smudge mixer and sacker.



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Patented May 21, 1912.

SMUDGE MIXER AND SAGKER.

APPLICATION 'FILED JUNE 27, 1911.

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lUNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

- CHARLES H. BURFORI) AND FREDERICK H. NETT, 0F RIALTO, CALIFORNIA.

sMUnGE MIXER AND sAcKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1912.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. BUR- FoRD and FREDERICK H. NETT, citizens of the United States, residing at Rialto, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Smudge Mixers and Sack- This invention relates to a smudge mixer and sacker, or apparatusfor mixingshavings and crude oil together andipacking the same in sacks for subsequent use as smudge The obj ect of the invention is to provide a simple and effective apparatus by which the mixing and packing operations may be rapidly and economically carried out.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter kfully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the appa'- ratus. Figs. 2 and 3 are opposite end elevations thereof. Fig. 4 isa vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section on the line 6 6 ofr Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a view, showing a detail of construction.

The frame of the apparatus includes base bars or sills' 2, from the ends of which rise upright openwork or skeleton frame structures 2 and 3, each including a central cross bar 4. A pipe 5 extends longitudinally above t-he sills and'between the upright frames'andr is secured to the cross bars by bolts or other suitable fastenings 6 and 7. At the inlet end of the apparatus the pipe projects beyond the upright frame portion 2 and is in communication through a pipe 8 with a tank' or reservoir 9 containing the crude Oil to be mixed with the shavings. In the pipe. 8 is a valve 10 for controlling the feed of the oil, which valve 'carries an indicator hand or` pointer 11 adapted to register with a scale 12 on the valve casing, whereby the extent of opening movement of the valve may be determined and the rate of feed of the oil at any time ascertained. The pipe 5 extends at a suitable downward angle of inclination between the upright frame structures 2 and 3, and forms a stationary axle or support for a hollow rotary mixing drum 13.V This drum is preferably of square or other angular form in cross section and provided at its corners with diagonally disposed longitudinal beams 14, to which at intervals are secured crossed armsl, forming spiders perforated for the passage of the pipe and serving as supports by which the drum is mounted to rotate upon the pipe as an axis or center of motion. The sides of the drum, the bars 18 and the skeleton frames provide beaters, whereby the material in its course of travel through the drum is agitated and the oil and shavings thoroughly mixed together. The chute 19 is suitably secured to the frame structure 2 between the same and the inlet end of the drum 13, and has its lower end projecting into the drum for the passage of the shavings thereinto. Arranged at the front on the frame and suitably secured to the frame structure is an elevator frame 2O having upper and lower shafts 21 and 22, around which pass an endless belt or chain conveyer 23 provided with buckets or vanes 24 to convey the shavings to the chute from a feed hopper 25. The

chute holds the shaft 5 from endwise movement in one direction, while a collar 25 suitably fixed on the pipe and engaging one of the skeleton frames holds said pipe from endwise movement in the opposite direction. The upper or forward end of the pipe within the drumvis provided with perforations or jet orifices 26 through which the oil is sprayed into the drum to commingle with the shavings entering through the chute. At some suitable point beyond these perforations the shaft or pipe is plugged or otherwise closed against the escape of the flowing oil. Y

Secured to the rinlet end ofthe drum is a pulley'27 around which passes a drive belt 28 leading from a motor driven drive pulley 29, any suitable type of motor being employed '.in practice for driving purposes.

.The lower stretch of this belt frictionally eny drum through the chute and commingle with the oil flowing through the perforations 26 alternately carried up `and dropped by the angular walls of the drum and stirred by the agitators, whereby a thorough conmiringling of the oil with the shavings is effected. .In the rotation of the drum, the material so mixed gradually feeds forward, through the inclination of the drum, to the discharge end thereof.

Secured to the discharge end of the drum is an annular channeled elevator or delivery device 36 of greater diameter t-han the drum and communicating at its inner side therewith, said delivery device being provided upon the interior thereof with an annular series of transverse vanes or buckets 27 which operate to elevate the material delivered into the bottom of said device up to the top thereof. rl`he purpose of this elevator or delivery device 36 is to provide for an additional and final agitation of the mixture prior to its discharge, the material being tossed about in the channel and turned over and agitated by the vanes therein.

Supported by the upright frame structure 3 is a receiving or delivery hopper 3S, the upper portion of which projects through said upright frame structure and is mounted partially into the delivery device and is adapted to receive the elevated material dropping by gravity from the top vanes thereof. The walls of this hopper converge toward the bottom thereof, and the sides of the bottom of said hopper are arranged in downwardly convergent relation and at an oblique angle to each other to provide lateral outlets 39 controlled by gates or valves4 40, and with each of which communicates an outlet pipe 4l. The lower ends of these outlet pipes are cylindrical in form and vertically arranged so as to fit within the mouths of sacks supported thereon, and are provided on their outer sides with hooks or other supporting members 42 with which the sacks may be engaged, whereby the sacks are held in position while they are being filled. It will thus be understood that the material passing from the delivery device into the hopper 24 will feed -by gravity to and through the outlets and thence into the sacks supported from the outlets, the rate of feed of thematerial being controlled by the gates or valves 40,

through the medium of which the discharge of the material may also be cut off at any time. As a result of the mode of operation described, the shavings supplied to the drum will be saturated with the oil and rapidly discharged into receiving hopper for package into bags or sacks, the material thus prepared being adapted for use for smudging purposes.

By the described const-ruction of the apparatus a large amount of the material may be prepared within a given time at a comparatively low cost.

Having thus described the invent-ion, we claim v 1. An apparatus of the character described ,comprising an inclined rotary feeding and agitating drum, means for delivering shavings and oil to be commingled at the higher end of the drum, for the feed thereof by gravity to the lower end of the drum, a receiver arranged adjacent the lower end of the'drum, and a delivery apparatus at the lower end of the frame provided with agitating vanes and arranged to transfer the treated material therefrom to said receiver.

2. A device of the character described comprising an inclined feeding and agitating drum, an inclined pipe forming an aXle on which the drum rotates, said pipe being provided at one end' of the drum with perforations, an oil reservoir communicating with the perforated end of the pipe, a feeder arranged to discharge shavings into the higher end of the pipe, a receiver supported above the center of the lower end of the drum, and a channeled delivery device of greater diameter than the drum and'inclosing the lower end thereof, said device being provided with vanes to elevate the treated material and discharge the same into said receiver.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. BUREORD. FREDERICK H. NETT. Witnesses to Burford: WM. MILLER, F. 7. CURL. Vitnesses to Nett:

D. W. GOODWIN, ARNOLD MAGILL.

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